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A multiple time step algorithm for trajectory surface hopping simulations

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Pablo Baudin
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François Mouvet
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Ursula Röthlisberger *
DOI:10.1063/5.0065728delete
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Abstract

Abstract

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A multiple time step (MTS) algorithm for trajectory surface hopping molecular dynamics has been developed, implemented, and tested. The MTS scheme is an extension of the ab initio implementation for Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics presented in the work of Liberatore et al. [J. Chem. Theory Comput. 14, 2834 (2018)]. In particular, the MTS algorithm has been modified to enable the simulation of non-adiabatic processes with the trajectory surface hopping (TSH) method and Tully's fewest switches algorithm. The specificities of the implementation lie in the combination of Landau-Zener and Tully's transition probabilities during the inner MTS time steps. The new MTS-TSH method is applied successfully to the photorelaxation of protonated formaldimine, showing that the important characteristics of the process are recovered by the MTS algorithm. A computational speed-up between 1.5 and 3 has been obtained compared to standard TSH simulations, which is close to the ideal values that could be obtained with the computational settings considered.
Keywords:
MOLECULAR-DYNAMICS

Journal

Journal of Chemical Physics cover
Journal of Chemical Physics
IF:
3.1
Papers:
7.2W
Citations:
23.2W

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swiss federal institutes of technology domain
Scholars:
9.0W
Papers: 8.0W
Citations: 163